Which way? Did you say?

Okay, one thing about having a blog is you get to post funny things you observe during your day. I saw these signs while in my car the other day, luckily I had my tiny camera with me and snapped it up. I am still unsure what it really means.. but it was visually neat.

Super Size This! Mama

Yesterday, while enjoying the last days of summer a friend, neighbor and fellow illustrator Amal Karzai presented me with one of her garden’s treasures. A super sized Zucchini squash. I wasn’t as astounded as this was the third one this size that was given to me by neighbors over the course of the summer. Interesting I thought, that vegetables can get this big as I tried to balance it with my hand with my other forearm extended. It was bigger than my arm.
Once I got the sucker home I noticed that it was as big as my 10 lb dog.

Cookie gave the ample edible an unimpressed passing gaze, she apparently wasn’t impressed. Then I tried comparing my foot, I have a long size 9 feet. (Yes those are my blue toenails). This activity escalated to the objects around my house, my computer chair, my coffee maker, toothbrush, etc.

What to do with the sucker you ask? Well, I see 6 loafs of Zucchini bread in my future, or a fibrous stew-esk dinner.
Now I wait till those pumpkins are ready, as I could use a new garage.
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That would be my 12" Mac Powerbook
Yes, my blue toenails
Note the Munch print "good morning, have a cup."
Back to work
Yes, that's my toothbrush
My sneaker
My phone

Cold, end of summer

Alas, my summer cold continues, after one month it never really went away. Now it seems that I have a sinus infection and am on a coarse of antibiotics.
The headaches and the postnasal drip along with the massive sneezes.... I'm waving the white flag, or in my case, the tissue. I surrender.
A friend is whipping me up some French Onion Soup as I type this.. then its off to the couch to rest....

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Bugs Are Fun (more)

Still more, bugs are funny.

Bugs Are Fun

Long and delayed train ride late one night (EMS was called for someone who passed out, yet the train has to sit and wait for them to come), meanwhile my Art Director friend, Jeff M. and I started peering over the book I just purchased from his company Dover. The title, INSECTS; simply a collection of various line and color art of Insects. In our fatigued and hallucinate state we noticed how each of our comments was directed at various human trait of these bugs. Traits that we humans need to see in of all places as bugs (and of course not limited to). A CD-ROM was include with the book making it easier to revisit some of those sightings.
There is such a sense of humor as well. We saw celebrities and robots, gangsters, mutual acquaintances, a whole variety of types and stereotypes. It made an otherwise tedious delayed train ride a bit brighter.

storm - bath

First image was created for Chesapeake Bay Magazine, where I have illustrated many "boat in storms" stories, a subject that is rather fun for me. The second image is Milton Trajano's interpretation of my original illustration. Its funny for me to see how his creative mind works. Thanks Mt!
Cheers!
© Heidi Younger
© Milton Trajano
www.miltontrajano.com

smile

For all my attempts at poetry and beauty on this Blog, my comic appreciation comes thru with my Brazilian cartoonist friend Milton Trajano's interpretation of Natalia (a.k.a. Saw Lady) illustration (below). Thanks Mt!
© M. Trajano

www.miltontrajano.com
www.sawlady.com

donut?

Grad School
Pulling those long days and even longer nights.
Thanks Chad for the exchange of kneaded erasers, and Thanks Dennis for the donuts!
And I must not forget Amy Debby for all those Brooklyn made cannolo (that's the plural for cannoli) through out the year.


© Photo Heidi Younger